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New marine plans ensure a sustainable future for our seas

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By Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The seas surrounding the UK are vitally important to our nation. Our marine economy is currently worth more than £49 billion a year and has the potential …

UK fishing industry trials look at how a discards ban may work in practice

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Grant Course, Senior Marine Trials Officer at the Marine Management Organisation, writes about how trials are looking at how a fish discards ban may work. Fisheries Minister George Eustice recently said that the UK is: “committed to further extension of …